Falling pics 11/25/09

[slowp]

Apres Work

And, did you know that you can get little pins at the Crocs seller at the Lloyd Center to decorate your Crocs?

I still want to know where you are finding that sunny weather. Today might be nice here.

 

[Moose315]

Awesome pics!!!:greenchainsaw:

 

[056kid]

Burv my lad, I wouldn't laugh at you, I'd love to wander through your patch of trees, they would be great fun to fall. I don't think you are nuts for thinking you are in the good stuff, in this day and age, you are in the good stuff. It's not your fault that knotheads in the past cut all your old growth. The big timber was a lot of work, give me a 6 cubic inch saw and 36" trees any day, all day.
Listen to Bob, he makes much more sense then I do, and he is still at it.
I'm going to go play with my new 797 and think about hooters.
Burv, quit worrying about it, go get a Steelhead.

I hooked to a mother ####ing MONSTER today, I bet he was every bit of 32'' and thats a conservative estimate. I thought I had snagged the bottom but realized I had a fish after he realized he was hooked. So my dumb ass gets all upidy and tries to land the fish before he wanted to be landed. Tryed to tail him, (the bastards tail was as big as my wrist!) and he went ballistic, made a U turn and drug my line under my shoe and set him self free. MAN O MAN I am so ####in mad at myself right now:censored: :taped: :censored: Well, at least my roe cure works good...

 

[GASoline71]

a few years back I thought I had snagged a log or the bottom of the Skagit river here in NW WA... So I proceeded to pull hard to just snap my line and be doen with it... Then the line pulled back... damn near jerked the rod out of my hand... it was a HUGE King...

he came to the surface and rolled over about three times, and darted down stream. my drag was litterally smoking... he must have got around a log or a sharp rock... cuz then he was gone. talk about a 30 second adrenaline rush! HAHA!

Gary

 

[slowp]

I was trolling for salmon on the Alsea River. Just floating up with the tide in my red kayak. I hadn't had a bite. Then, something grabbed the line, the kayak turned downriver, and a Alsea Sleighride began. Then I lost it. My plan was to work the rudder and beach the kayak, but I didn't get a chance to try out "the plan."

Kayaking with friends on the Siltcoos, near the beach, I almost got smacked by a jumping salmon. They look large when they are about to clobber you.
Very large.

 

[Greystoke]

I was trolling for salmon on the Alsea River. Just floating up with the tide in my red kayak. I hadn't had a bite. Then, something grabbed the line, the kayak turned downriver, and a Alsea Sleighride began. Then I lost it. My plan was to work the rudder and beach the kayak, but I didn't get a chance to try out "the plan."

Kayaking with friends on the Siltcoos, near the beach, I almost got smacked by a jumping salmon. They look large when they are about to clobber you.
Very large.

Remember seeing this a while back, and thought you might appreciate it

I kayaked a little when I lived in Alaska, and I remember hearing stories about whales and other large sea creatures coming right up by kayakers...that would be humbling!

 

[slowp]

Seals!!! They pop up around you. Their heads are huge. The last trip I took in the bay, they chased me. I think a kayaker must have fed them That was a bit nervewracking.

I took my golden retriever out in a kayak I called, The Whaleboat. She wanted to jump out after the seals. I thumped her on the head, but not too hard, with the paddle so she learned to stay put.

 

[madhatte]

Alsea Sleighride

HAW!

'97 I was working for BLM near Alsea Falls. Nice area. The pub in Alpine was awesome. Haven't been there in years, though.

 

[joesawer]

Forestryworks
If you where aiming at that stump that was a good shot!

Slowp
I got a sun burn today, My neck is stinging!

 

[Burvol]

I got a big set of Silveys and a a tree saver too. The little tree saver has to be the greatest thing for a faller since the power saw! Put a wedge or two on the low side for help. These are strong little jacks. Rated for 45 ton, and I believe it. The first picture is a 38" Red Fir with 3 40's and was leaning out over the RMZ, hard. No problem with a wedge for help.

 

[RandyMac]

That's my lad!!! Good job!!!

 

[056kid]

I got a big set of Silveys and a a tree saver too. The little tree saver has to be the greatest thing for a faller since the power saw! Put a wedge or two on the low side for help. These are strong little jacks. Rated for 45 ton, and I believe it. The first picture is a 38" Red Fir with 3 40's and was leaning out over the RMZ, hard. No problem with a wedge for help.

Good to see you got your $s worth dude!

 

[Greystoke]

I got a big set of Silveys and a a tree saver too. The little tree saver has to be the greatest thing for a faller since the power saw! Put a wedge or two on the low side for help. These are strong little jacks. Rated for 45 ton, and I believe it. The first picture is a 38" Red Fir with 3 40's and was leaning out over the RMZ, hard. No problem with a wedge for help.

Nice Fir! Never got to try one of those jacks, although I can think of many occasions when I would have liked too. Only ones I ever got to use were the tree savers @ 124 tons with both rams. Kind of an overkill at times, although a lot of times I would just use one ram. Another glorious day pard!

 

[Curlycherry1]

A question about those jacks that I have wondered about. How much can those beasts push a tree over? Example can they tip a say 30" tree over if it has 5 degrees (or more) or so of lean in the wrong direction?

 

[RandyMac]

A question about those jacks that I have wondered about. How much can those beasts push a tree over? Example can they tip a say 30" tree over if it has 5 degrees (or more) or so of lean in the wrong direction?

Yep can do, a jack can lift a tree right off the stump, with predictable results.

 

[Greystoke]

A question about those jacks that I have wondered about. How much can those beasts push a tree over? Example can they tip a say 30" tree over if it has 5 degrees (or more) or so of lean in the wrong direction?

Definitely could. One important thing is that the holding wood is sound. You would be amazed at what they can jack over. The biggest baddest leaner that I ever saw was jacked over with 10 tree saver rams...10 x 62 tons= 620 tons of pressure. Said tree was a big 50 bushel redwood close to the bottom of a steep draw with about a 10 degree? lean down the hill. All I know is it had a crazy lean, and standing next to it you would wonder how it was still standing. The first day working in that area was the last day for owl circle buffers, which this tree was growing in, so I did not get a hand in falling it, and they fell it the next open buffer season (unfortunately I was gone recovering from a broken leg) Anyhow, they used ten rams and jacked it straight up the hill...wish I coulda been in on that one! Tree jacks definitely have their place. I always ran a 6 pound axe head with a 36" handle and a packsack full of k & h wedges if I was on steep ground and big wood, but jacking sure made it a lot funner

 

[Burvol]

Thanks fellas. Cody, your spot on as usual :agree2: K&H and 6 lbs. only way to fly on ground that is directional and bad. I have an old 5lbs. Collins that my friend's Dad cut and welded a custon 2lbs. Chunk of killer steel on the end (7lbs. Custom ). It's a war club. SOB makes some noise when you take your plugs out He did such a good job and cleaned the weld up so well you can't tell it's not stock. I have a 4.5 pounder I carry in small wood at times.

 

[Curlycherry1]

I always figured they would be pretty useful, but back East we don't get too many trees big enough to use one and still have much of a place to put a saw. Those jacks seem to take up a bit of realestate on the stump.

I did pull plenty of trees over with cables. I'd get the climbing spikes on and go up the tree about 2/3 or so, cable it off and then call a skidder or dozer over to yank the bugger over. I hated those things and fortunately most neighboring landowners were not jerks so they would let us drop stuff over the line and skid it back. There were some that were total PITAs and never wanted to find a leaf fall on their side of the property line.

 

[Burvol]

Forgot to mention that when I first started using it, it took me 2 months to learn how to not splatter wedges LOL. Once you get use to it, there's no other axe for me in big wood.

 

[Burvol]

I can get a tree saver in with a stump still 8-9" inches on my side. The big set are a lot taller, but big wood usually has swell anyway.